Brussels: Europe and the Arabs
The European Union will host the 7th Brussels Conference on "Supporting the Future of Syria and the Region" on Wednesday and Thursday
The Brussels conferences aim to achieve the dual objective of mobilizing humanitarian and financial aid for the Syrian people - those living in Syria as well as in neighboring countries - and for host communities in the broader region, while rallying the international community in support of a comprehensive and credible political solution to the Syrian conflict, in line with the Resolution Security Council 2254 (2015).
The activities will start tomorrow, Wednesday, through workshops in which representatives of international and regional organizations active in the field of providing humanitarian aid and others will participate. The ministerial meeting of the conference will be held on June 15 in the European Council building in Brussels. The opening speech of the European and Foreign Policy Coordinator Josep Borrell will be followed by statements from the countries that It hosts the largest number of Syrian refugees in the region. The foreign ministers will then hold a political debate on multiple aspects of the Syrian crisis and funding pledges will be announced. At 5 p.m. the same day, the total amount of pledges from the international community to the Syrian people and host communities during this cycle will be announced. According to a European statement today, Tuesday, the ministers will arrive at the meeting venue on the second day, which is on June 15, at 8 am, to allow the opportunity to hold bilateral talks between the ministers, then the ministerial meeting of the Seventh Brussels Conference on supporting the future of Syria and the region will be held. After the lunch break, a plenary session will be held, and the opening speech will be from By Oliver Varheli, European Commissioner for Neighborhood and Enlargement, then statements and declarations of pledges were received by the participating delegations, provided that there will be a second plenary session at three in the afternoon. The last session is at five in the evening, so that the total pledges will be announced